Scout Knob - Dog Park trail - Yellow Blaze via Don Harrison Trail - Blue Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 513 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Scout Knob - Dog Park trail - Yellow Blaze via Don Harrison Trail - Blue Trail is a 3.9-mile out-and-back in Murrysville Community Park near Franklin, PA. It climbs 513 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Scout Knob - Dog Park trail - Yellow Blaze via Don Harrison Trail - Blue Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 513 ft · 1 hr 33 min
Elevation 1,042–1,292 ft
Out & Back · Murrysville Community Park
Trailhead: Don Harrison Trail - Blue Trail · 40.46023, -79.63805
Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 76°F / low 65° · precip 13% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:51 AM · sunset 7:46 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Don Harrison Trail - Blue Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Yellow Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Don Harrison Trail - Blue Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Red Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Don Harrison Trail - Blue Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Kitkat Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Scout Knob - Dog Park trail - Yellow Blaze, heading NE.
- 450 ftReach Scout Knob - Dog Park trail - Yellow Blaze, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 0.8 miContinue straight onto Kitkat Trail, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Don Harrison Trail - Blue Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Red Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Don Harrison Trail - Blue Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Yellow Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Don Harrison Trail - Blue Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~20 min). Leave by 7:06 PM for the 7:46 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:15 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Don Harrison Trail - Blue Trail Trailhead
- Don Harrison Trail - Blue Blaze & Don Harrison Trail - Blue Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 554 ft
- Don Harrison Trail - Blue Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 476 ft
- Nature Trail via Don Harrison Trail - Blue Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 507 ft
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